Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Holman Bible
and obtains favor from the Lord.
International Standard Version
Whoever finds a wife finds what is good, and receives favor from the LORD.
A Conservative Version
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from LORD.
American Standard Version
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
Amplified
He who finds a [
And obtains favor and approval from the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.
Darby Translation
Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
He finding a wife found good, and shall obtain acceptance from Jehovah.
King James 2000
Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever finds a wife finds good and gets favor from Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and receiveth an wholesome benefit of the LORD.
NET Bible
The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.
Webster
Whoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor from the LORD.
World English Bible
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
Themes
The favor of God » Domestic blessings traced to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:22
Prayers for Proverbs 18:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit. 22 Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. 23 With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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Cross References
Proverbs 19:14
House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 31:10-31
A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.
Genesis 24:67
and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after the death of his mother.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
Genesis 2:18
And Jehovah God saith, 'Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'
1 Corinthians 7:2
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
Genesis 29:20-21
and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;
Proverbs 3:4
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
Proverbs 5:15-23
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.